Etymograph

English

Jinjiang

Jinjiang comes from Mandarin 晉江 ‘Jin River’.

  1. Mandarinmodern晉江Jìnjiāng‘Jin River’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2018Jinjiang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Mandarinmodern晉江Jìnjiāng‘Jin River’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2018Jinjiang

Earliest quotation: 2018, Paul Mozur, Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for T: “Jinhua and others are spending big to get there.…”

Today it means

name A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 晉江 / Jinjiang